Dr. Itamar Drori

Email
itamar.drori@biu.ac.il
Office
building 410, floor 3, room 306
Reception Hours
by appointment
    Courses

    1. מבוא לספרות עברית חדשה

    Introduction to Modern Hebrew Literature

     

    2. מסע בלשי בעקבות סיפורים: גלגולי מוטיבים וגרסאות בספרות היהודית (סמינריון והרצאה)

    Detective Journey Following Stories: Evolution of Motifs and Versions in Jewish Literature

     

    3. קולות 'מזרחיים' בספרות הישראלית במאה העשרים

    'Oriental' Voices in Twentieth-Century Israeli Literature

     

    Publications
    1. Books as author

    Drori, I. (2014). Yemenite Redemption and New Hebraism: The Novel 'Yaish' by Hayim Hazaz. Bar-Ilan University Press, 203 pp. (In Hebrew).

     

    Drori, I. (2017). Hazaz: Sippur, Hayim. Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, 274 pp. (In Hebrew).

     

    1. Articles and Chapters in Books

    Drori, I. (2009). The Sabbath-Observing Cow. In Lipsker, A (Eds.). Encyclopedia of the Jewish Story: Sippur Okev Sippur (pp. 251-274). Bar-Ilan University Press (In Hebrew).

     

    Drori, I. (2009). 'Dama ben Netinah'. In Lipsker, A (Eds.). Encyclopedia of the Jewish Story: Sippur Okev Sippur (pp. 183-214). Bar-Ilan University Press (In Hebrew).

     

    Drori, I. (2013). The Beruria Incident. In Lipsker, A (Eds.). Encyclopedia of the Jewish Story: Sippur Okev Sippur (pp. 115-153). Bar Ilan University Press (In Hebrew).

     

    Drori, I. (2014). 'Four Species in Literature'. In Drori, I (Eds.). Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) (Vol. 9, pp. 561-562). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.

     

    Drori, I. (2014). 'Fringes in Literature'. In Drori, I (Eds.). Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) (Vol. 9, pp. 750-752). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.

     

    Drori, I. (2014). Gehinnom (Gehenna) in Literature. In Drori, I (Eds.). Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) (Vol. 9, pp. 1078-1080). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.

     

    Drori, I. (2018). Jewish printing press pioneers in Baghdad. In Drori, I (Eds.). Jewish Cultures in the Map: Interactive Explorations in Time and Space . I-Core Map-Project.

     

    Drori, I. (2018). The Death of Balaam Son of Be'or. In Lipsker, A (Eds.). Encyclopedia of the Jewish Story: Sippur Okev Sippur (pp. 9-34). Bar Ilan University Press (In Hebrew).

     

    1. Articles in Periodicals (refereed articles)

     

    Drori, I. (2014). The Beruriah Incident: Tradition of Exclusion as a Presence of Ethical

    Principles. Pardes, uni. potsdam., 20, pp. 100-116.

     

    Drori, I. (2016). Return of the Author – On 'Bell and Pomegranate' by Hayim Hazaz. Jerusalem Studies in Hebrew Literature, 28, 139-165 (In Hebrew).

     

    Drori, I. (2017). The Power of the Tongue: A Medieval Hebrew Story from Midrashic Literature. Fabula, , 319-334.

     

    Drori, I. (2017). Babel as a Fantasy, as a Neurosis and as a Concreteness: Eli Amir's Mafriah Hayonim. Mikan: Journal for Literary Studies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Press (In Hebrew).

     

    Drori, I. (2018). The Law, the Miracle, and the Kabbalist: The Discourse on Miracles in the Legends of Rabbi Yosef Ḥayyim of Baghdad. Hebrew Studies, 201-230.

     

    Drori, I. (2018). Elijah's Pocket and Everyday Miracles: On the Miracle Settings in the Work of Rabbi Yosef Hayim of Baghdad. Hador: the Hebrew Annual of America, , 208-217 (In Hebrew).

     

    Drori, I. (2019). Rabbi Israele Costa's 'Miḳweh Yisrael' (1851) – The Beginning of the Adapted Jewish Story for Youth. Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Folklore, 32, 55-88 (In Hebrew).

     

    Drori, I. (2020). Two Days of Miracle of the Jews of Baghdad: The Historical Legend and its Role in Establishing Community Memory. Hador: The Hebrew Annual of America, 10, 184-192 (In Hebrew).

     

    Drori, I. (2020). Encoding and Decoding Secret Signs in the Stories of Rabbi Joseph Hayyim of Baghdad. Journal of Jewish Studies 71, 2 , pp. 345–364.

     

    D.   Reviews of Books in periodicals

    Drori, I. (2018). Song of the Whitewasher: An Anthology of Works on Jewish Wisdom and Modern Hebrew Literary Heritage – Book review. Hebrew Higher Education, 20, pp. 5-8.

     

    Drori, I. (2018). Reading Modern Hebrew Poetry and Prose – Book review. Hebrew Higher Education, 20, pp. 1-5.

     

    Non-Refereed Publications

    Drori, I. (2017). Challenge of the Bitton Committee Recommendations. Bar-Siach, pp. 438-439 (In Hebrew).

     

     

    Last Updated Date : 04/12/2022